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Great job! I know it's hard to carry through with an idea and it sounds like everything worked out. How are the 120 lb struts working out? I'm building my own pop top and wondering what weight struts to use.

Thinking about building seats in the camper, but the cost of upholstering is expensive. Yukon bench seats are plentiful on eBay, and you can't beat the price. Do I go for boxes with pillows on top, or automotive seats in the camper?I think they would fit and look nicely, and you can even get...

I keep going back to Drifta Troopy Conversions when thinking out the interior layout. Simple and well thought out.

Glassed the seams, sanded the shell, bondo'ed it, and ran out of sand paper. Next weekend round two of bondo/sandpaper.

To strengthen the seams, I'm glassing both inside and outside.. On the outside, I grind down the seam area to leave room for the fiberglass and resin. A couple layers of glass over the seam, then I'll sand the entire shell. Then fill holes and seams with bondo, sand, and repeat. After all...

Jscherb from another forum, just pointed me in the direction of TrailTop. Their fiberglass corners and edges would work pretty nice for a DIY camper. This might have saved me a lot of time building mine.

Here's the end result I'm going for. It's a pop top where you can sleep upstairs or down.

Trail Top would have saved me a lot of work making the parts myself. Where were you when I needed you :)My approach was a bit more eclectic. Check out my build thread. https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/gladiator-pop-up-walk-through-camper-build.227973/page-6#post-2978520

Here's a jeep set up like Land Rover Conversions. Most of the ideas are coming from European Land Rover pop tops.

One of the nice things about this camper is that it is light and small enough to fit though a 3' door. My son and I can separate it and carry it in the basement. Good thing since my garage is full. Now I have a warm place to work on and store it this winter.

Sorry but I don't have any better pictures yet. It might be a few months before I put the camper back on the truck. For an idea of interior feel, I would look at Toyota Troopy and Land Rover 130 campers. They will give you a good idea of size and pass through. Even with my open interior, it...

Still need to trim the top and bottom fiberglass to match the top opening and build the hinge frame. It will be pretty open inside when done.

Thanks for the comment. I went back and forth about the height. This taller height allows for me to sit up straight with the RTT down and you can walk around inside bent over. I can camp in it without putting the top up, if needed for stealth camping. The biggest thing I don't like is that...

Eventually I'll insulate the top and the wood won't be seen. It is kinda cool, though. It reminds me of an old canoe.

I just finished glassing the ribs to the panels with 2” woven glass. It’s difficult to see since it is transparent.

Here's an updated concept.

Time to work on strengthening the inside by adding some fiberglass.

Now that would be beautiful. I'd love to see a camper with black carbon fiber layup inside and out, where you could see the carbon through the resin. Light, strong, and insulated.

I used Nudo Fiberlite, and am adding support to the inside.